Foot-cleaner.



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' W. S. WHITE.

FOOT CLEANER.

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'Y -FooT CLEANER;

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WALTER'S. WHITE, OF JAMESTOWN, NEW YORK.

FOOVCLE-AN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming pari'. of Letters Patent N o. 712,1 l0` dated October 28. 1902.

' Application-Eleni April 19, 1902. Serial No. 1031828. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom i may concern:

Be it'known that I, WALTER S. WHITE, residing at Jamestown, in the county of Chautauqua and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Foot-Cleaner, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and leX- act description.

My invention relates to devices for cleaning the boots and shoes before entering the'house; and the object of my improvement is to make a combined scraper and brush which can be instantly reversed with the foot and which automatically locks itself firmly in position.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front-elevation of my foot-cleaner with scraper in position for use. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the tripper end, showing the cleaner partly turned. Fig. 3 is an elevation of the,V other end v.and with the brush held upright. Fig. 4 is a plan viewof cleaner with scraper uppermost. Fig. 5 is a modiiication of tripper. Fig. 6 is a front elevation of a modification of my foot-cleaner without a tripper.

Similar numerals refer to corresponding parts.

10 is the frame,` which is screwed down to the step or porch-floor and has uprights 11 and 1l', with suitable openings therein tov hold the reversible cleaner. The reversible cleaner is made'with a yoke 19,-having brush 12 on one side and a scraper 13'onl the other. The yoke has a round trunnion 14 at one end and a. rectangular trunnion l5 at the other end to work in the openings or bearings 16 and 17 in the uprights 11 or" the frame.

The round trunnion 14 has a suitable round hole 16 therefor in one of the nprights 11. Rectangular trunnion 15 has a round opening 17 therefor in the ,other upright 11', whose diameter is a little greater than trunnion l5, so that it can easily turn therein. At the lower side of opening 17 there is a rectangular opening 18 or notch, into which trunnion 15 its and which holds or locks .it and the yoke rigidly in position. End 15 of the yoke is easily raised out of the locking-slot 18,and the cleaner will then turn freely on the round trunnion 14. I cut one side 23 of notch 18 a little lower than the other, so that when fiat trunnion 15 turns over it will ride down on lower side 23 and striking against the other side will fall into notch 1,8,.thus insuringa single reversal and no more.

I usually cast the two trunnions in a yoke of one metal piece 19 with the foot-scraper 13 thereon, the casting 19 covering the back corner of the brush-head 20so that the scraper 13 is always at the farther side from the user, and the scrapings will fall away from the elveanerland out of the way. The spring of the brush in like manner throws the dirt away from the cleaner and leaves it free to turn. The yoke 19 is so made as to hang vbrush 12 a little to one side, so that it will overbalance and revolve when trunnion 15 is raised out of rectangular lock 18.

To trip or turn the yoke, trunnion 15 is eX- tended out and a tripper 21 is attached thereto. I prefer an S-shaped tripper, as shown, since it turns the yoke over and does not allow it to go farther. A circular tripper 22 might be used, but would be liable to turn the yoke toofar.

In using the tripper to turn the yoke it is caught with toe and raised, and at the same time the toe is drawn toward the person, thus giving it a quick turn as the tripper turns off the foot. This turning is aided by the brushhead being off its balance, and it will be seen that there is no need of touching the yoke with the hand in order to reverse it.

Tripper 2l may be left off, as shown in Fig. 6, and the yoke and brush could be `why I add tripper 21 `is thatbrush 12er scraper 13 are liable to be unclean and soil the shoe. This form would make a cheap and serviceable foot-cleaner.

I usually make the frame in one piece,wth suitable lugs and openings for screwing to the floor or step.

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The scraper 13 is usually made with the rounded ends 24 24, which are convenient to clean out around the shoe-sole.`

I claim as newA l. A boot and shoe cleaner comprising a frame having suitable uprights and means for fastening the frame to a support, a yoke having a brush 0n one side and a foot-scraper on the other, a round trunnion at one end of said yoke and a round bearing therefor in one of said uprights, and the other end of said yoke having a rectangular trunnion and a bearing therefor in the other of said uprights in which it can be both turned and locked, substantially as and for the purpose specied.

2. A boot and shoe cleaner comprising a frame having suitable uprights and means for fastening the frame to a support, a yoke hung in said uprights having a scraper on one side and a brush on the other side, said yoke hung od its balance t0 aid in turning the same, and a suitable tripper for turning the said yoke.

3. In a boot and shoe cleaner a frame havon one side of said yoke and a brush attached to the other side, a circular opening in said frame for revolving said rectangular trunnion and having a locking-notch to receive and hold the same, and a tripper for said yoke, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

4. A boot and shoe cleaner comprising a frame having suitable uprights and means for fastening the said frame to a support, a yoke having a round trunnion at one end and a square or rectangular trunnion at the other, a brush and suitable means for securing the same in said yoke, and an S-shaped tripper attached to said rectangular trunnion, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

VALTER S. WHITE.

Witnesses:

A. W. KETTLE, S. A. BALDWIN. 

